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Cloverdale residents and some passersby, too have seen the light. That’s light as in stoplight. And the intersection of U.S. 231 and Beagle Club Road is now equipped with such a traffic-control device following completion of a $39,239 Indiana
DPU plans back before city zoners The Greencastle Board of Zoning Appeals will meet in regular session Tuesday night at City Hall. The session is open to the public. THE LONE ITEM on the agenda for the 7:30 p.m. meeting is a special exception request from DePauw University for its planned new heating plant at S Larrabee Sl (comer of Larrabee and South Indiana). The DPU project which includes the razing of the present heating plant, along with a former physical plant structure that now houses faculty offices was awarded a special exception at the Sept. 11 Zoning Board meeting. The area is zoned R-3 (high-density, multi-family residential). The latest special exception represents a non-conformance with property development standards involving noise levels. IT WAS AGREED at the September meeting that if the anticipated decibel levels were not within those acceptable in an 1-2 (light industrial) area that the university would seek an unaided special exception Concern was also expressed that the 1-2 standards were passed in 1950 and might be inappropriate by today’s standards. DePauw has conducted vibration and acoustical levels testing since that Sept. 11 meeting and is expected to present its findings tonight. The Zoning Bound is chaired by Jinsie Bingham, with Jerry Rud, Warren Harlan, Terry Hall and David Wood as its members. City Attorney Larry Wilson is serving as legal counsel.
North wind blows in
Frost advisory overnight. Clear and cold alter midnight with low in the mid 30s. Northerly winds at 5-10 mph. Mostly sunny and continued cool Wednesday with high 6065. Indiana Extended Forecast Increasing, cloudiness Thursday with a chance of showers late. Lows from the upper 30s to the middle 40s. Highs from the middle 60s to the lower 70s. A chance erf showers early Friday, then clearing. Lows from the middle 40s to the lower 50s. Highs from the middle 60s to the lower 70s. Mostly clear and
Department of Highways project by H. E. Henderson Inc. of Fairland, Ind. Highway department officials will continue to monitor the intersection to assess the possible need for left-turn arrows. Recent activation
Southwood Village sanitary sewer system receives city’s approval
By ERIC BERNSEE Banner-Graphic Editor Sanitary sewers for the new Southwood Village Subdivision off Primrose Lane at U.S. 231 South have been accepted by the City of Greencastle following recent Board of Works action. The board accepted the sanitary sewers following the receipt of a letter from engineer Alan Stanley that certifies all sewage lines have passed an infiltration test. Another letter, from Triad & Associate engineer Jim Frazell (who serves as acting city engineer), approved the sy stent on behalf of the city. THE "NEW SANITARY sewers
Probation expected in child-molesting case
By JOE THOMAS Banner-Graphic Assistant Editor Robert Lee Laswell is expected to receive a suspended prison term for molesting a girl on a sand bar near Reelsville in August 1986. Laswell, 54, was charged with having sex with the girl, who is now older than 18, but was under 16 at the time of the crime, according to court records. Tuesday morning he admitted to fondling or touching the girl with intent to arouse his or her sexual desires. COURT RECORDS show the victim told Putnam County Sheriff Gerry HofTa that she and Laswell were at a sand bar near Reelsville when he pushed her face into the water and sexually assaulted her. After the incident, he allegedly told the victim not to tell anyone or he would kill her and her mother. Laswell was charged with fondling and touching the girl, as well as with having intercourse with her.
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were constructed at the expense of the contractor, John L. Wood, Greencastle, who is currently developing the first phase of Southwood Village. Some 90 homes are included in the total Southwood Village plat Actual home construction is expected to begin this fall. The new sanitary sewers have “already solved a problem,’' Mayor Mike Harmless reported. He told the board how a septic system at the “Monnett farmhouse’’ had not been working properly, and once the Woods had the Southwood Village sewers hi place, they granted an easement far the Monnett
However, under the terms of a plea agreement readied between Deputy Prosecutor Anne Flannelly and Terre Haute Attorney WtMiam Smock, Laswell admitted only to fondling the girt. UNDER INDIANA law, fondling is a lesser crime than having intercourse with a child. Fondling is a class D felony, carrying a maximum prison term of four yean in prison, while having intercourse with a child is a class C felony, carrying a maximum of eight years m prison. Laswell pleaded guilty to die class D felony, while the class C felony was dismissed Tuesday. The idea agreement calls for Laswell to spend four years on probation, and undergo a psychological evaluation. Under questioning by his own attorney, Laswell admitted to fondling the victim, saying he realized CoL 3, back page, this section
DPU speech evolves into Darwin debate
By JOE THOMAS Harvard professor and audior Stephen Jay Gould brought his Cambridge lecture hall to DePauw University Friday, explaining why, after almost 140 years, Darwin's theory of evolution is still not accepted. Gould’s most notable contributions to science has been the theory of punctuated equilibrium and the way he approaches die history of science by studying the cultures in which notable theories were developed and advanced. He presented a convocation before a standing -room -only audience in Meharry Hall. His topic was “Darwin’s Revolution in Thought”. Gould called Darwin’s theories
of the stoplight marks the culmination of a tong-sought solution to the traffic dangers and frustrations at the ever-expanding intersection. (Banner-Graphic photo by Gary Goodman).
property to hook into the new sewer. The Board of Works unanimously voted to accept the sanitary sewers and release 537,600 of a SIOO,OOO performance bond posted by the Woods. That accomplished, the board then voted unanimously to accept a $7,526 performance bond posted by the contractor. CITY ATTORNEY Larry Wilson said the performance bond is “basically a quarter of the amount of the infrastructure.” While sanitary sewers in Southwood Village received rave CoL 3, hack page, this section
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“So radical and challenging of so many basic assumptions erf Western civilization that we still can’t come to terms with it” IN FACT, GOULD said, we not only have a poor idea of what Darwin was talking about, but we call it by a wrong name. To understand why we don’t understand Darwin's theories, Gould said, we must first solve three riddles. First, who was the official naturalist on board the HMS Beagle, the British ship Darwin sail on while collecting the evidence upon which he based his magnum opus “Origins erf the Species”. Second, why didn't Darwin use die word “evolution”, choosing distend to call it “descent with
Reassessment effort drawing criticism again
By BECKYIGO Banner-Graphic News Editor The message was “hold all checks’* from the commissioners Monday night, who, once again, heard criticism aimed at a company doing Putnam Comity’s reassessment The target this time is employees of Appraisal Research, the company ATEK subcontracted with to do Putnam County’s reassessment. “WE’RE HAVING a problem with the personnel,” Auditor Myrtle Cockrell told Commissioners John Carson, Gene Beck and Don Walton. One of the problems, according to Cockrell, is that some of the Appraisal Research employees are leaving work earlier than their 5 pjn. quitting time. In addition, one employee allegedly created a problem with a computer and instead of alerting others, shut the terminal off for the day and went home. Also, it was alleged the employees aren't concentrating on their work as they should be. “IF WE KEEP GOING at this rate, we’re never going to get done (with reassessment),” Mrs. Cockrell added. The auditor said she is concerned because she realizes something needs to be done concerning the employees, but she is not in the position to do so. The commissioners informed the auditor to withhold payment to the company, until the situation appears to improve. Also, board members indicated they may tty to talk with company representatives once more to get problems rectified. In a related move, county attorney Bob Lowe presented the board with a copy of a letter he sent to the State Board of Tax Commissioners. AT AN EARLIER meeting, Carson, Beck and Walton asked Lowe to respond to a toller from
modification” THIRD, WHY DID Darwin delay publication of “Origins of the Species” 2! years? The answer to the first question, Gould said, is the Ship’s Surgeon, a man named McCormick. Darwin was part of the crew only as a companion to CapL Robert Fitzroy. Fitzroy was a man in his early 20s who understood well how his superior class status in English society prevented him for socializing with the members of his crew ... even while on a five-year scientific mission. SOME SHIPS’ captains of the day went insane on the long trips, faced with the prospect of not taking to anyone except on ship’s business, as well as eating and
the state Tax Board, who notified Putnam County that taxing units will be seriously affected if reassessment is not completed by October. In some cases, Indiana counties have been told that local governmental units may have to borrow money for operating expenses next spring unless reassessment is done soon. That is because the State Board of Tkx Commissioners cannot set 1990 tax rates until counties have sent in updated records of property values based on a completed reassessment If that information isn’t sent in for bills to be mailed to taxpayers tm time, tax-supported units (such as cities, counties, townships, school corporations, etc.) and others would not receive their scheduled May tax draw. PUTNAM COUNTY is among 17 counties in the state dial are behind schedule. One county having similar difficulty is Orange County, who contracted with Mid America Appraisal Corp., Beech Grove, to do its reassessment. The company has finished collecting data, but information has only been recorded on approximately 2,500 out of 17,000 taxable properties in that county. Orange Gmnty officials have reportedly given the company a 30-day notice that its contract could be terminated. Monroe and Morgan counties, who contracted with ATEK to do their reassessment as Putnam County has done, and are also behind. MEANWHILE, Lowe told Carson, Beck and Walton he mailed a response to die state Tax Board, noting Putnam County is working with its vendors (ATEK and Appraisal Research) to get the work done in as timely a manner as possible. CoL 4, back page, this section
On# of four Ctoverdale High School seniors, including (back, from left) Eddie Homaday and Mark CanuN. wilt be crowned homecoming king Wednesday at halftime of the 630 p.m. powder puff football game between the junior and senior girts at Cloverdale. Tom Baxter and Steve Carrell (not pictured) are the other king hopefuls. Class princes already selected at CHS are (front, from left) Ryan Thompson, freshman; Brent Branneman, junior, and Jeff Matthews, sophomore. The Clovers wil play North Putnam High School Friday in a 730 p.m. homecoming battle. The CHS homecoming queen wil be crowned at halftime of that footbafl game. (Banner-Graphic photo by Gary Goodman).
living along. In fact, Fitzroy’s predecessor on die HMS Beagle had shot himself while at sea, Gould said. Darwin was on board as Fitzroy’s companion the one person of his own class with whom he could eat and talk. But because Darwin was, in a sense, employed by Fitzroy, the constrictures of British society prevented him from disagreeing with Fitzroy on any issue. ‘Their relationship must have been tense, I mean really tense,” Gould said. Fitzroy was a Tory, pro-slavery and an ardent Christian who believed in natural theology (which claims the beauty and wander of CoL 4, hack page, this section